Which to use
“antiquité” and “antiquités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,266
- “antiquité” frequency rank
- #13,960
- “antiquités” frequency rank
- 20226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | antiquité | antiquités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État de ce qui est antique ; ancienneté. | Pluriel de antiquité. |
Same sound, different letters: antiquité vs antiquités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. antiquité runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVCV) against antiquités's 10 (VCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: antiquité vs antiquités
This is the hard kind. antiquité and antiquités are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ti.ki.te\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “antiquité” sits inside “antiquités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
antiquité is recorded at frequency rank #6,266, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.ki.te\. antiquités is at rank #13,960, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.ki.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 20226, this pair ranks #369,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of antiquité vs antiquités
Shared letters: ainqtué. Private to "antiquité": -. Private to "antiquités": s.
"antiquité" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV · "antiquités" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "antiquité" for "antiquités" ever safe?
Frequency check: "antiquité" vs "antiquités" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "antiquité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "antiquités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "antiquité" and "antiquités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "antiquaires vs antiquités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #369,352 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.